Victimization

Crime is a social problem that affects the lives of thousands of people every year. Serious crimes against people and property generate considerable fear within the community. The resulting fear of crime itself can restrict people's freedom of movement and prevent them from participating fully in the community.

We all have the right to be safe.

While it is important to know and exercise this right, keep in mind that adopting practical personal safety strategies can help reduce the risk of victimization.

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YOUR HEALTH, YOUR LIFE AND THAT OF YOUR LOVED ONES

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The criticality of the subject invariably requires reading. Stay tuned for updates. The crime mutates. In the following sections you will find information that is intended to help you acquire knowledge and modify habits that allow you to increase your levels of self-care and personal protection.

PREVENTION IS KEY

Prevention attempts to prevent crime prior to its occurrence or before additional activities occur (Brantingham and Faust, 1976 - Lab 1988).

Basically you will find BRIEF information linked to the modification of the physical environment (Jacobs, 1961; Newman, 1972; Wilson and Kelling, 1982; Lewis and Salem, 1986; Taylor and Gottfredson, 1986), situational prevention (Clarke, 1992) and those linked to modifying habit patterns.

You will access—mostly—two different planes:

a) Behavior (habits);

b) The environment.

Being attentive and preventing does not mean becoming paranoid. While driving on a crowded highway, you do not think every moment that you are going to lose your life; consciously and unconsciously he drives – generally – respecting a series of rules and safety measures. With prevention it happens the same way. It's about incorporating habits.

Victimology

Victimology is a branch of criminology that is responsible for studying the victim and their role in the criminal act, analyzing the different phases of victimization, the factors that may have intervened in it, as well as the consequences it has for the victim. .

Victimology emerged in the 1940s, when it began to be considered that victims were not simply passive objects of crimes, but could also play an active role in the victimization process. Since then, victimology has been gaining importance, and has become an essential discipline to understand the phenomenon of crime.

Victimology deals with the following topics:

Characteristics of victims: Victimology studies the personal, social and psychological characteristics of victims, to determine what factors may make them more vulnerable to victimization.

Victimization factors: Victimology identifies factors that may contribute to victimization, such as poverty, social inequality, discrimination, domestic violence, etc.

Consequences of victimization: Victimology analyzes the consequences that victimization has for victims, both physically, psychologically, and socially.

Victimology plays an important role in crime prevention.

By better understanding victims and the factors that may contribute to victimization, strategies can be developed to prevent crimes and protect people.

Follow the link and read the information contained very carefully, it is key and is projected on all the other planes that you will later explore.

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